The Legend Zhuohua

Chapter 40

Liu Yan remembered the food box delivered by the concierge in the afternoon, saying it was a snack sent by someone from the palace. Since Liu Yan took office, no one from the palace has sent anything to him. Today's snack came strangely. He opened the food box and saw four pieces of pastry inside, but they were of a taste he would never eat. The chef of the palace didn't understand him so much, so he broke open the cake after a moment's thought.

There are four words hidden in it - Be careful of the Queen Mother!

The words written in cinnabar are bloody and full of warnings.

In Liu Yan's mind, the Queen Mother was a dignified and fair elder. She rarely smiled and was not considered gentle, but this made Liu Yan respect him even more. A letter from the government told him to be careful of the Queen Mother. Could it be that he knew that the Queen Mother was hostile to him...

Liu Yan smiled bitterly in his heart. Now that the Queen Mother wanted to drive him away from Beijing, she actually did nothing wrong. He should have left long ago...

If he had left earlier and not thought about making great achievements and just been a happy and happy prince, he might not have killed so many people.

Liu Yan held the wine glass with trembling hands. The liquid in the glass was a deep dark red, which was very similar to the tragedy of that day.

After all, he could not avenge them, nor could he repay their lives.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and raised his glass. Perhaps, he was the one who had died a long time ago. He had died as early as twenty-six years ago...

"Brother Yan, Queen Mother!" Suddenly a call came from outside the palace, and the maids and eunuchs immediately knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

The Queen Mother and Liu Yan looked at Emperor Zhaoming striding over in surprise, their expressions changing unpredictably.

"Didn't Your Majesty go to the summer resort? Why did you suddenly come back so late?" the Queen Mother asked in a deep voice.

Emperor Zhaoming seemed to be in a hurry, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, an unnatural blush on his face, but no blood on his lips. Liu Yan looked at Emperor Zhaoming's appearance and knew that he must be extremely weak at this time. He subconsciously stood up and wanted to help him, but when his footsteps moved, he still stopped in place.

Emperor Zhaoming walked directly towards Liu Yan and said with a smile: "Suddenly I remembered that I forgot to bring something important, so I hurried back to the palace." The Queen Mother frowned and said: "Nonsense, how can your body withstand such a run? I forgot something, and I can't ask the palace maid or eunuch to come back to pick it up?"

Emperor Zhaoming sighed softly and said, "I'm afraid that if they come to get it, the queen will not give it to me." Emperor Zhaoming grabbed Liu Yan's arm and said, "I have important matters to discuss with my brother Yan. Mother, I will leave first." ."

Liu Yan looked at Emperor Zhaoming inexplicably, and suddenly felt Emperor Zhaoming pinch his arm three times, and couldn't help but feel a move in his heart.

This was the secret code between him and Emperor Zhaoming. Every time they wanted to hide something from the Queen Mother, they would secretly pinch each other three times to give a hint.

Liu Yan couldn't decide whether he should leave with Emperor Zhaoming at this moment.

"Since you have already returned to the palace, why bother to go get it." The Queen Mother said in a majestic voice, "Everyone, please sit down. Your Majesty is here. Let's go on a farewell tour to the King."